Jaren Sina and his Gill St. Bernard’s teammates went to Alabama for a team camp and came back with a life lesson after helping locals rebuild from the tornado devastation. Here is the rivals.com story: ONE HUGE ASSIST[2]

INTERESTING: USA Today reports that Rutgers’ athletics department relies more heavily on subsidies (from the university and student-fees) to balance its budget than any other Division I public school. In other words, the athletic department has been a financial black hole: $115 million since 2006[3]

ALSO: I spent an hour on Monday watching 6-foot-10 eighth-grade phenom Karl Anthony Towns work out with his dad in Piscataway Vo-Tech’s gym. All I can say is, ‘Wow.’ This kid shoots the lights out up to 25 feet, he handles with both hands and he has uncommon agility for someone with size-20 feet. Not to mention a 3.9 middle-school GPA and maturity beyond his years.

Young Karl still hasn’t decided on a high school yet. He originally learned toward Pennington, but now St. Joseph-Metuchen and Immaculata look like the top possibilities. Look for a feature story over the weekend.